Two days after the alleged assault on AAP RS MP Swati Maliwal, Uttar Pradesh Minister and BJP candidate from Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency Jaiveer Singh condemned the incident and said that it is the BJP's top priority to respect women.
NCW chief Rekha Sharma on Friday said that they have been in contact with Swati Maliwal since the assault incident happened at the residence of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and that NCW has asked for an Action Taken Report from the police.
Launching a scathing attack on the Delhi Chief Minister over AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal's alleged assault, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma asked, "Why is Kejriwal still roaming with Bibhav Kumar and not taking action against him?"
A day After Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh admitted that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide, Bibhav Kumar, had "misbehaved" with AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, BJP once again slammed Kejriwal for being silent on the issue.
BJP leader Radhika Khera lashed out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the alleged assault on AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal by the personal assistant to the CM and asked whether Kejriwal got bail so that these kinds of incidents could be carried out at his residence.
"Swati Maliwal is a strong and aware woman, I am confident that she will come forward and take the legal route and fight for justice," Lamba posted on X.
"It is clear that efforts are being made to whitewash the matter. Swati Maliwal is being silenced due to political pressure and all efforts are made to cover the case," alleged Sachdeva.
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Abdul Rehman and others in the case of assaulting a female principal of a government school in 2009.
A Delhi court, after nine years of incident, awarded a three-year jail sentence to a man convicted of sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2015. The court has granted bail to the convict to challenge the judgement before the high court.
The incident of assault had occurred in the Gulmohar locality under the jurisdiction of Shahpura police station in the city late on last Saturday night following which a case was registered against the minister's son along with a few others.
The suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh on Monday remanded to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate till April 13 in the Sandeshkhali ED assault case.